Reg.Nr. HA-2010/FR/03

The former smelter and steelworks in Mulhouse (SACM)

The rehabilitation works have preserved the building, a remarkable vestige of Mulhouse's industrial history, with its spectacular concrete arches from 1920, its interior street which exactly resumes the span where the cast iron pieces were poured and its typical fireplace, but ...
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Project details

Title:The former smelter and steelworks in Mulhouse (SACM)
Entr. year: 2010
Result:Award
Country: France
Town: Mulhouse
Category type: single building
Notes:Type also: archeoogical sites; industrial and engineering structures and sites; urban setting
Building type/ Project type: industrial heritage
Former use:Smelter/Steelworks
Actual use:Centre with cultural and educational functions
Built: 1920's
Architect / Proj.leader: Municipality of Mulhouse
The Jury's citation: "The rehabilitation of the former foundry in Mulhouse is a most remarkable reuse and revitalisation of an industrial heritage building, so integral to the former life and identity of the city. The jury was impressed with the refreshing and humanising rehabilitation of this industrial building shell, and its transformation into a centre with cultural and educational functions, which are essential to the dynamism of the City of Mulhouse and its region."
GPS:47°44'22,8"N; 7°19'50,4"E
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Description:
The rehabilitation works have preserved the building, a remarkable vestige of Mulhouse's industrial history, with its spectacular concrete arches from 1920, its interior street which exactly resumes the span where the cast iron pieces were poured and its typical fireplace, but also the memory of the place and of the working life that took place there while maintaining an industrial atmosphere instead (metal stairs and walkways to evoke the old cranes, use of metal and gray tone to recall cast iron, etc ... ).